St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-11-05
THE LATEST NEWS.
Events of Importance at Home
and Abroad.

the train started Sergeant alarms johnson
Of the Philadelphia Common Councils, ha
q few words of conversation with Mr.. Gal
rett, and those on the platform were great
surprised to hear the ex-president of the E
& o. railroad say in loud voice: 'Th
thieves; they stole my telegraph" He wa
much excited, and his friends hurried hin
into the car; but just before the start h
called out to friend Don't let Jay Goul'
capture Maryland before get back"
Rev. Charles A. Berry, young Englisl
minister, has preached in Plymouth Church
Brooklyn, and made very favorable i'm
preston. 1t is believed he will be chosen a
the successor Of Henry Ward Beecher.
A telegram from the City of Mexico say
the constitutional amendment, permittin!
election to the presidency for two cOnsecu
| tive terms, after having received the ap
| proval of both houses of Congress, has beer
| officially promulgated with all the formal
ties prescribed by law.
The annual meeting of the national com
mittee of the Womans Foreign Mission So
clety is beng held in Lincoln, Neb. The re
ports of the officers show the society to be il
flourishing condition. The collections las
year amounted to $4,000, an increase o.
$4,000 over the previous year.
Adjutant General Vincent, of the depart
ment of Dakota says some forty bucks OF
the turbulent young Crows have been at the
Tongue River Agency with the view of in,
ducing the Cheyenne Indians to join them
but the latter have refused to do so. Troops
have been stationed at convenient points tc
be in readiness in case of an outbreak A
dispatch from Billings, Mont, says the
Authorities declare that the matter will be
settled the first of the week, and fight seems
highly probable.
The steam launch Mary burst her boiler
recently at the foot of East One Hundred
and Tenth streets, New York, killing John
and Patrick Cunningham. brothers. James
Cunningham was seriously injured.
Joseph Quintero, a clerk in the New York
agency OF Fernandez Brothers, of Havana,
Cuba has been arrested for obtaining 5000
from the Bank of Commerce on a draft pur-
porting to have been drawn by Fernandez
Brothers. Quintero confessed the forgery.
During a fight in what is known as the
Italian Barracks" in Jersey City, n. J.,
Frank Danmo was stabbed three times, and
his wife, Rose, shot in the left breast, both
being seriously if not fatally wounded The
man who did the stabbing and shooting was
arrested and made counter charges of afro
cious assault and battery against Danmo and
his wife.
B. F. Jones, chairman of the Republican
v,of al L.,
meeting of the committee in Washington, on
the Sth of December next, to tix the time
and place for the next Republican national
convention.
At meeting of prominent Democrats in
San Francisco recently, a committee was ap-
pointed to take steps to induce the national
Democratic committee to select that city as
the place for holding the next national con-
vention. 1t was estimated that the ex-
penses of the convention would amount to
$25O 600, and the committee was directed to
see that this amount should be pledged if
the convention should be held there.
Sir John Swinburne of London. who is
one of the arbitration committee appointed
by the British House Of Commons to visit
Haven and Hartford, in Connecticut.
telegram from Santa Fe, N. NJ, says
that, within the past ten days. over 5000
persons have passed on the main line of the
Santa Fe railroad en- route to California.
dispatch from Rome, Ca, says the
Chattanooga, Rome and Columbus railroad
engineering corps on Saturday located the
nf hn rrzf
apoosa and the way to Columbus. 1t is
stated that the entire line from Chattanooga
% Columbus, via Rome Cedartown and
Tallapoosa, will be under contract within the
next six months.
Part of the cigarmakers employed in Ha-
7ana. Cuba, have struck.
The total number of immigrants arriving
1t the ports of the United States from the
principal foreign countries, excepting Can
ida. during the nine months ended Septem-
'er 30, 1887, was ALL LOCO, as against 294, 500
or the corresponding period in 1885,
The bankers of Montreal, at a recent meet |
ng, decided that the minimum rate of inter- |
st on commercial loans should not be under |
tx per cent.
La ShIedSo y uuSe Odud uecluoQ LQdI con-
ract to sell majority of the stock of the
Worth Chicago City Railway Company, if
aiken on or before December 1, 1885, was
gambling contract and invalid under the
illinois statute prohibiting dealings in op-
ions. This decision confirms the title of
he Yerkes syndicate to the North Chicago
'ty railway, and defeats George Schneider
nd others in their suit for 100000.
The Sabbath school convention of the
Philadelphia and Baltimore Conferences of
he African Methodist Episcopal Church has
djourned after three-days' session in Car
sle, Pa. The next meeting will be held in
Harrisburg. These officers were elected
resident, Rev. G. w. Offiey; vice president
.ev. Fl. R. Phoenix; treasurer, Rev. R. j.
'aniels; secretary, Rev. B. F. Wheeler;
eneral superintendent of Sunday schools,
rofessor Howard Day.
John Mason, a notary, has been indicted
Orrlck, Mo-, for forging pension claim,
n which he obtained from the government
bout $517.